Combined butter and egg case.



. PARKER 61 J. T. NUSBAUM.

lNED BUTTER AND EGG CA'SE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR: 4, 19x4.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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COMBINED BUTTER AND EGG CASE.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 4. 1914.

1,163,363, Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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HENRY K. 'PARKER,

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,Be it known that we, and JERRY T. NUSBAUM, citizens of the United States, residing at Wagoner, in the county of Wagoner and State ofOklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Butter and Egg Cases; and we dohereby declare the 'following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to" makeand use the same. "This inventionrelates to new and usefu improvements in combined butter and egg cases,'and has for its principal object to provide a device wherein both butter and at the same-time.

Another object of the invention is to'provide a device wherein itis possible to fill the device entirely with eggs and use the same in the ordinary way. s p

A further object of the invention is to provide a casewherein the eggs are cushioned and held spaced from the side walls and top and bottom walls thereof to prevent any danger of breaking during shipment.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device by. means of which the above mentioned objects may be accomplished and with which it is possible to increase or decrease the number of eggs to be shipped and hold the same safely at the desire of theuser.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists inethe novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a side view in elevation of an egg case constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of an egg case constructed in accordance with this in vention showing the cover removed, Fig. 3

4 is a transverse sectional view of this improved egg case, and Fig. 4 1s a plan view of a portion of the top of the box showing a part of thefalse top broken away to illustrate the method of holding the same in spaced relation with the top.

Referring now to the'drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety an egg case constructed in accordance with this invention which com prises the cylindrical side walls 2 having secured at one edge the bottom 3. This bot- Specification of Letters Patent. 7 v i tom has provided at spaced intervals the disks 4 which are preferably of a soft resilient material, which are secured in any suitable manner to the bottom as clearly,

illustrated in Figs 3" and at. A suitable false bottom 5 which is preferably of cardboard ora similar flexible material, is provided and is supported from the disks l in spaced relation with the bottom 3 as clearly The top of the box which silient material, are secured at spaced intervals to the top member and arearranged to hold the flexible disk 10 forming the false top in spaced relation with the top? It will be clearly seen that when the two elements, namely the top and bottom, are together, a structure similar to a cheese box will be formed in which the'filler elements which will be more fully hereinafter described, are adapted to be seated.

The filler elements above referred to, are designated generally by the numerals 11 and 12, and comprise the rings 18 andl which are of larger and smaller diameters respec tively. The ring 13 above referred to, has,

secured thereto at spaced intervals, the

rings 15 which are spacedfroin each other and aranged to form egg chambers for the reception of the eggs wlnch are to be put Patented Dec, '7,yi$ii5.

Applicationfiled March 4, 1914 Seria11Ifo;822,440. p I r in place. Each of these rings 15 is spaced i from the adjacent ring as clearly shown in Fig. 2 and may be formed of any suitable material. Secured to the inner ring 14 are provided a plurality of rings 16 which are arranged to fit within the ring 13 and thereby provide a plurality of fillers for the space within the ring 13 when the device is in use. It will be evident that this construction will permit the inner ring to be r movedwhen so desired and in that position, any desired material may be placed on the interior of the ring 13 and the case may still be used for the shipping of eggs.

At spaced intervals around the outer wall 2, of the bottom section of the case, is provided a plurality of spacing members 17 which are arranged to hold the cushioning rings 18 which surround the exterior of the larger element forming the egg receptacle,

and is spaced from the outer Wall 2 of the bottom portion of the case to prevent the It will be apparent'from the foregoing thatin use, the outer egg-receiving element 11 is placed in position within the bottom element 2 and the egg chambers 15 filled. It will be apparent that in this position, the central portions on the interior of the ring 13 may be arranged to receive butter or any similar product, or should it be so desired, the filler element 12 may be placed therein and eggs placed within the egg chambers 16. Owing to the construction of the top and bottom, it will be evident that the false bottom will take up any shocks and danger of the breakage of the contents will be eliminated. I

WVhile in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood Copies of this patent may be obtained for that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

' Having thus described'our inventiomwe claim:

An egg case comprising abottom, said bottom being circular in plan, a circular wall secured to the periphery of the bottom and extending upwardly therefrom to form a cylindrical container, a cover removably secured to the container, means to hold the cover in place, spacing tabs secured to the bottom s acin tabs secured to the too of the cover, vertically extending, spacing strips secured to the side wall, a false bottom mounted on the spacing tabs, a plurality of egg cells supported on the false bottom, the walls of the cells slightly de pressing the bottom and a false top resting on the upper edges of the walls of the cells and engaging the upper spacing tabs to hold the contents of the case away from the top and bottom walls thereof.

In testimony whereof we ali ix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY K. PARKER. JERRY T. NUSBAUM. Witnesses:

CHARLES S. Jones,

W. A. STONE.

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